Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,332 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Russell Simmons (1957– )
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Samuel Burdett (1849-?)
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William Marshall (1924-2003)
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(1922) Marcus Garvey, “The Principles of The Universal Negro Improvement Association”

Explore Global African History

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Titanic’s Black Passenger: Creating Historical Fiction From Historical Fact
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Haitian Invasions and Occupation of Santo Domingo (1801-1844)
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(1885) General Act of the Conference of Berlin
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Michael X (1933-1975)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Uncle Tom Revisited: Rescuing the Real Character from the Caricature
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Contraband Hospital, 1862-1863: Health Care For the First Freedpeople
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After the Underground Railroad: Finding the African North Americans who Returned from Canada
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Loren Miller: Legal Crusader in the Long Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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